Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-08
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The person Who holds spite mast
believe in a queer God.
The present membership Of the
Oniversalist denomination in the
United States is only thirty-six thou
sand two hundred and ninety-seven.
There are in China eight hundred
and eighty missionaries. of whom four
hundred and fifty-eight are women
and four hundred and thir.y-one men.
"A teacher having asked his class
to write an essay on 1.-THE Results of
Laziness." certain bright youth hand
ed in as his composition blank sheet
Of paper.-ActualIies.
The teaching of cooking has been
introduced in Public School Is, New
York. After the dishes cooked shall
have passed examination they will be
sent to the Newsboys' Home.
"A lady has left ESQ apiece to six
curates of the Church of England who
have four children and whose incomes
do not exceed flOo year. The ex-
ecutors have been given twelve months
to choose the legatees.
I'm the recently published educa-
ton report of the English Government
it is recommended that in planning
school-houses the arrangement should
be such as to admit the light over the
left shoulders of the scholars.
The Board of Education figures up
that it will need for the maintenance
of the schools of New York City next
year 81. 234, 262. besides $3.50. OOO for
new sites and 1895. 900 for new build
ings Or total sum of S. 49,, 1862.
-COnsul-General Cardwell, of Cairo.
Egypt in a report to the Department
of State, calls special attention to the
successful labors of American mission
aries in the valley of the Nile. Nearly
5000 native pupils are in attendance
at the schools that have been estab-
lished.
One of our exchanges says that
when Mr.. Moody was in London a
number of young men were commits
stoned to follow up the converts to see
that they remained true to their pro-
LESSONS. They did so. Two of tho
committee were at the Bible-school and
said they got the names OF forty-five
thousand converts made IN London
Indianapolis Journal.
AT a meeting in Philadelphia of
the missionary council of the Protestant
Episcopal Church reports showed re-
ceipts as follows: Legacies, $29. no.
AZ; other sources, $2S5, 1874 96; specials,
$69, 778. 10; enrolment fund. $l7.696
95; total, $4O2, 1862, a decrease Of
1898 As. The contributing congre-
cations numbered 1900. against 1876
last year.-Public Opinion.
The sophomores at Bowdoin Col
lege attempted to capture a ten-gallon
key of cider from the freshmen few
days ago. but failed. During the night
Cilley of the class of 81 climbed to the
top of the northern spire of Kings
Chapel. and succeeded in fastening
there a white flag bearing his class
numerals. The spire is of stone and
120 feet high, and the only means Of
assent was lightning rod.
The Roman Catholic Church has
forty-five Indian schools scattered over
the country from Florida to Alaska.
Dakota has the lions share, there be-
ing fourteen in that Territory. New
Mexico has eleven, Minnesota seven,
Wisconsin five, Alaska two and Col
orado, California, Nevada, Oregon,
Kansas and Florida one each. OF these
schools thirty-five supply board and
clothing as well as instruction. The
aggregate attendance is nearly 1000.
Most of the teachers are German and
French. Indianapolis Journal.